Privacy Matters

Documents disclosed during a decade-old lawsuit filed by protesters swept up in mass arrests outside the IMF/World Bank meetings in Washington DC in 2002 have revealed that the DC police “arranged to use U.S. Navy satellite communications and video equipment” to monitor demonstrators, reports WJLA news.

Outrage over the government’s secret, massive, and suspicionless spying operations is a bit silly if you post pictures of your children on Facebook, or status updates about your political opinions and dining habits on Twitter.